Nether Shadow

Nether Shadow Reprint

Is there any particular reason Nether Shadow hasn’t had a reprint since 5th Edition?

Yes. We no longer reprint cards where graveyard order matters that are entering a format where it doesn’t currently matter. We also don’t design new cards that do it.

Card Printing Nether Shadow Reprints Shadow The Graveyard

Graveyard Order Cards

I've always been a fan of cards like Nether Shadow and Ashen Ghoul. Do you think we'd ever return to graveyard order matters cards?

I’m highly skeptical. We’ve worked hard for many years to not make players have to care about the order of their graveyard.

Ashen Ghoul Nether Shadow Shadow The Graveyard

Origin of Haste

Regarding evergreen keywords - Haste was in Alpha. Nether Shadow wants to know what he did.

They were asking specifically about the keyword not the ability. Vigilance, the mechanic not the keyword, was also in Alpha.

Alpha Evergreen Haste Keywords Mechanics Nether Shadow Shadow Vigilance

Nether Shadow Mechanics

Could a nether shadow just care about number of creatures in graveyard instead of order?

A card like it could. Nether Shadow must care about graveyard order which is why he will never return to Standard.

Creatures Nether Shadow Shadow Standard The Graveyard

Nether Shadow's Return

Nether Shadow was one of my favorite creatures back in beta (loved the original artwork for it). By this point it has to have thousands of other dead creatures above it. Any chance it will resurface soon? :)

We don’t do “graveyard order matters” cards any more so I doubt that exact card is coming back but we could see something similar.

Art Beta Creatures Nether Shadow Shadow The Graveyard

Haste's Color History

I can't figure out how to leave notes, but can you point out to the guy who asked about Haste in Black that Black has had Haste since Alpha, which is quite a bit longer than Red has had it?

There was actually two cards that had haste in Alpha. One was a black creature (Nether Shadow) and one was a green aura (Instill Energy).

Alpha Auras Black Creatures Green Haste Instill Energy Nether Shadow Red Shadow

Graveyard Order Mechanic

What caused you to stop printing graveyard-order-matters cards? I always liked Nether Shadow.

The design space wasn’t worth the hassle of players being able to rearrange their graveyard. Especially when we started making cards that were active in the graveyard that people wanted to make sure they could easily track.

Card Printing Design Space Nether Shadow Shadow The Graveyard

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